Martin Fackler (journalist)
Martin Fackler | |
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Fackler at a book talk in Tokyo, 2015 | |
| Born | Martin Fackler November 16, 1966 |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, author |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times; Reinventing Japan: New Directions in Global Leadership (book); Credibility Lost: The Crisis in Japanese Newspaper Journalism After Fukushima (book in Japanese) |
| Website | http://martinfackler.com |
Martin Fackler (born November 16, 1966) is an American journalist and author. He has worked for more than two decades as a foreign correspondent in Japan and China, including six years as Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times. In 2012, his team was named as finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for its investigative coverage of the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. He has written or co-written eleven books in Japanese, including the best-seller Credibility Lost: The Crisis in Japanese Newspaper Journalism After Fukushima (Futabasha, 2012).